women

By Juan Cole | – – About 1 million women and their supporters demonstrated in Washington, D. C. on Saturday, but many millions more rallied in cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta and in small towns like Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as in cities around the world. The target of their […]

Books

6 Reasons Feminist Carrie Fisher Was Ahead of Her Time

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TeleSur | – – While all Star Wars (male) fans only remember Carrie Fisher in her sex-slave golden bikini, the late actress had a feminist conception of her role way ahead of her time. 1. As early as 1983, in an interview with Rolling Stones about the freshly-released “Return of the Jedi,” Fisher already had […]

Haredim

Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?

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Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | – – In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the army declared it was examining the possibility of allowing women to serve in new combat positions, including in tank crews. In the same month, Major Reut (whose last name is […]

Iran

In Iran, Women’s militia Leader Demands Persecution Of Gender-Rights Activism

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By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – Minou Aslani, head of the Women’s Basij organization in Iran, has condemned efforts to increase the number of women in parliament and opposed campaigns to curb domestic violence as perceived assaults on Iranian society and traditional family values. Minou Aslani, head of the Women’s Basij organization […]

Donald Trump

Trump’s Steve Bannon: Abusive, White Nationalist Media Baron

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TeleSur | – – “You have an individual … who’s basically creating the ideological aspects of where we’re going,” said former imperial wizard, David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan. “And ideology ultimately is the most important aspect of any government.” Duke’s endorsement was for none other than U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s newly-appointed chief strategist […]

Featured

As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A tsunami of reports about hate crimes directed at minorities are coming in from all over the country in the wake of Der Donald’s presidential win. African-Americans have also been targeted, as with students at the University of Pennsylvania. As have Latinas/ Latinos. * In Wisconsin, […]

Afghanistan

Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban

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By RFE/RL’s Afghan Service The leader of a fledgling women’s militia in northern Afghanistan says dozens of volunteers have joined the fight since a handful of women recently took up arms to rebuff a Taliban attack on their community. Women in the district of Darz-Aab, in Jowzjan Province, initially fought alongside local forces to prevent […]

Democratic Party

How can Progressives get through the Next 4 Years? Organize!

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Anti-Trump demonstrations have broken out all over the country in the wake of his surprise victory on Tuesday. Latinos are afraid he will deport their undocumented relatives, breaking up millions of families. Women are afraid for their basic rights to control their bodies, a right Trump […]

Far Right

The Hatred that Trump’s Lies will Leave Behind

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Whether Trump wins or loses (and in my view there isn’t much chance he can win), he will leave behind a toxic legacy of increased racial and religious hatred, which he has deliberatedly stirred up in order to take the focus off his policies– policies that […]